Mathematics for Quantum Physics

Lecture notes and teaching material used for the Delft University of Technology course TN3105.

The compiled materials are available at https://mathforquantum.quantumtinkerer.tudelft.nl

Origin and technical support

This repository is based on a template for publishing lecture notes, developed by Anton Akhmerov, who also hosts such repositories for other courses.

Version

This a minimal stable version of the website from the branch "enabling search" based on mkdocs-material with a funcitoning website-wide search (without the support for inline jupyter notebook conversion by thebe)

HOWTOs

How to add new material to the lecture notes

1. First, create a new merge request. In this way, your edits will be pushed to a separate folder, and not directly appear on the website.

   Detailed information on how to create a merge request can be found here, but in most cases these two simple steps are sufficient:

   • create a new branch in the repository on gitlab (either using the gitlab UI, or on the command line and then push to gitlab)
   • on top of the gitlab page you will see a blue "Create merge request" button associated with your new branch. Fill out the information, and don't forget to start the name of the merge request with "WIP:"

2. Write the new material using markdown. The markdown files are stored in the src folder and have the ending .md. In particular, in markdown you can

   • write math using latex syntax. $...$ is used for math in the text, $$...$$ for separate equations.
   • highlight certain blocks using the !!! syntax. For examples, use

     !!! check "Example: optional title"
         The text of the example (could have math in it
           $f(x)$), which must be indented by 4 spaces

     Other useful blocks are !!! warning and !!! info

3. Place figures in docs/figures

4. If you added a new markdown file that should be linked in the index, you need to add it to mkdocs.yml under the nav: entry.

5. Whenever you push a commit to the branch/merge request, it will automatically be deployed on a preview webpage. This process may take a few minutes. You can find the preview website by going to your merge request. There will be on top a box with the label "Pipeline", and in the box a button "View app". Clicking on "View app" will bring you to the preview webpage.

6. When you are done with the merge request, remove "Draft:" from the title, and notify an instructor.